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[[File:John_Loengard,_Cartier-Bresson_takes_pictures_in_his_Paris_apartment,_1987.jpg|thumb|300px| Henri Cartier-Bresson in his apartment, photographed by [[John Loengard]]]]
 
[[File:John_Loengard,_Cartier-Bresson_takes_pictures_in_his_Paris_apartment,_1987.jpg|thumb|300px| Henri Cartier-Bresson in his apartment, photographed by [[John Loengard]]]]
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'''Henri Cartier-Bresson''' (1908–2004) was a French photographer and a pioneer of photojournalism--along with photographers [[Walker Evans]], [[Brassaï]], [[André Kertész]]. In spring 1947 together with [[Robert Capa]], [[David Seymour]], [[William Vandivert]] and [[George Rodger]] he founded ''Magnum Photos'' agency.
  
'''Henri Cartier-Bresson''' (1908 – 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of ''photojournalism'' along with photographers [[Walker Evans]], [[Brassaï]], [[André Kertész]] and the founder of ''Magnum Photos''.
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==Works==
 
 
==Magnum Photos==
 
In the spring of 1947, Cartier-Bresson, with [[Robert Capa]], [[David Seymour]], [[William Vandivert]] and [[George Rodger]] founded ''Magnum Photos'' agency.
 
 
 
==Gallery==
 
 
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File:Henri_Cartier-Bresson,_Moscow_circus,_1954.jpg|''Dressed-up women, with popular flower print patterns, eat ice cream, a Russian custom, during an intermission at the Moscow circus'', 1954
 
File:Henri_Cartier-Bresson,_Moscow_circus,_1954.jpg|''Dressed-up women, with popular flower print patterns, eat ice cream, a Russian custom, during an intermission at the Moscow circus'', 1954
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==Literature==
 
==Literature==
* Peter Galssi, [[Media:Peter-galssi-henri-cartier-bresson-the-early-work-1987.pdf|''Henri Cartier-Bresson. The early work'']], MoMA, 1987
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* Peter Galassi, [[Media:Galassi_Peter_Henri_Cartier-Bresson_The_Early_Work.pdf|''Henri Cartier-Bresson. The Early Work'']], New York: MoMA, 1987. Catalogue.
* [[Media:Henri_Cartier-Bresson_Tete-a-tete._Portraits_by_Henri_Cartier-Bresson_1998.pdf|''Tete-a-tete'']], Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Introduction by E.H. Gombrich, 1998
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* [[Media:Tete-a-tete_Portraits_by_Henri_Cartier-Bresson.pdf|''Tete-a-tete: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson'']], Little, Brown and Company, 1998. With an Introduction by E.H. Gombrich.
  
==Links==
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==External links==
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson Cartier-Bresson on French Wikipedia]
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* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson Cartier-Bresson at French Wikipedia]
 
* http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/henricartierbresson/
 
* http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/henricartierbresson/
  
 
[[Category:Photography|Cartier-Bresson, Henri]]
 
[[Category:Photography|Cartier-Bresson, Henri]]

Revision as of 10:59, 15 January 2014

Henri Cartier-Bresson in his apartment, photographed by John Loengard

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) was a French photographer and a pioneer of photojournalism--along with photographers Walker Evans, Brassaï, André Kertész. In spring 1947 together with Robert Capa, David Seymour, William Vandivert and George Rodger he founded Magnum Photos agency.

Works

Literature

External links